14 June 2007 Devotion for Today "Opening Closed Doors" Revelation 3:8
I wanted to revisit the thought I expounded upon yesterday about doors. There are some doors of opportunity which seem closed to us because everybody else thinks that they are closed- that it is useless to try to open them. Sometimes those doors are closed because of our own expectations, sometimes they are closed because of our own limitations.
Jesus says to us in Revelation 3:8 “I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”
History is replete with examples of doors that seemed to be locked tight but proved later to be opportunities for God to do much greater work than anyone thought possible. The young Dwight L. Moody was so uneducated and used such poor grammar that the members of his church requested that he should not speak publicly. It was as if someone who was completely tone deaf aspiring to become a vocalist or to record a hit album. No one in his church ever imagined Moody succeeding in becoming a preacher, but by God's grace Moody became one of the greatest preachers of his time. Even Billy Graham's gifts were discountenanced by his college professors. At his first church, Graham's deacons recommended that Graham be dismissed. They believed that Graham did not hold out much promise as a preacher. What if Billy Graham had listened to those who said that the doors were closed to ministry and that he ought to go back to the farm in
What doors seemed closed to you today? Do not let them discourage you. If the door is closed because it may be God shutting it for you because He may feel you are not yet ready for the challenges it has for you. But others may be shutting the door on you, also. Let God show you their errors and by faith all you may need to do is just push on it a little bit. Watch and see it fall open the rest of the way by itself.
Have a blessed day.
Rev. Jeffery C. Russell
Elizabeth City, NC
jefferyrussell@embarqmail.com
jcrussell@liberty.edu
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